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Original Post Date: 2002-10-09 Posted By: Jan
From the News Archives of: WWW.AfricanCrisis.Org
Date & Time Posted: 10/9/2002 2:22:24 PM
Zim: Farm Evictions hit the Lowveld
Press release: On behalf of Justice for Agriculture
Reports received from the Lowveld indicate that over 60 cane farmers are
packing to leave on instructions issued today by Government, Police and Army officials, who upon issuing the instruction to leave said that their order supercedes any existing High Court Rulings.
At 10:00 am, 7th October 2002, the assistant District Administrator, Mr
Mateko, called for all farmers to attend a meeting, where they were informed that they have all to be off their farms by 08:00am 8th October 2002. The meeting was addressed by a group numbering approximately 20 made up of local officials, lands committee chairman, Officers in charge, Zimbabwe Republic Police, Central Intelligence Organisation, and a representative from the Presidents Office who remained silent throughout.
The group instructed that all farmers, Section 8 or not, were to leave.
Approximately 55 farmers attended the meeting. 15 of them had been arrested
previously and had had their cases thrown out. Others had Court orders in
their favour and some had no valid acquisition notices. In response to a
question regarding the authenticity of this order when there were High Court orders in farmers favour, the assistance DA and a Police officer said that their instructions were above High Court Orders.
The 60 farmers each employ about 60 staff, approximately 360 employees face
retrenchment by month end when the cane is reaped. This could translate to
1980 people displaced by this sweeping and illegal order.
Farmers in the area have been promised by the DA that they will not be
evicted as their farms fall in the maximum farm size regulation and several
are single owned farms.
In a related development, Criminal Investigations Department (CID) phoned a
farmer at 10:30 last night and he was called into an hour long meeting in
their offices from 11 to midnight. The farmer was told that all farmers
would have to get off or else……
Sugar, the majority of which is grown in the Lowveld, is one of the
commodities in short supply in Zimbabwe. We await news of developments
tomorrow.
7th October 2002
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